Tobacco-pouch



(No Model.)

0. L. NESLER.

TOBACCO POUCH.

No. 406,941. Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. NESLER, OF CLINTON, ESSEX COUNTY, NEIV JERSEY.

TOBACCO-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,941, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed January 17, 1889. Serial No. 296,629. (No model.)

To all 1071 0772, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES Ii. NEsLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clinton township, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inTobacco-Pouches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of this invention is to simplify and reduce the cost ofconstructing pouches and to remedy certain defects and obj ectionablefeatures deemed to exist in certain pouches heretofore in use.

The invention consists in the improved receptacle or pouch having thearrangements and combinations of parts substantially as will behereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in sideelevation a pouch embodying my improvements. Figs. 2, I), and 4 aredetail views of a spring employed at the month of said pouch, and Figs.5 and 6 are detail views showingin one case a flat springwire inconnection with the bag and clip and in the other a round wire.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

In carrying out the invention I provide a wire spring, either flat orround in cross-seetion, the extremities a a of which are bent upward ortoward the mouth of the bag or pouch b, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, thesaid extremities a (0' extending aboutthree-fourths of an inch (more orless) from the horizontally-extending port-ion (L2, lying parallel orapproximately parallel with the edges 1) formed at the mouth. Theextremities a extend into engagement with the ends b of the bag-body,and are snugly and securely fast.-

ened thereat by clips 6 c or other suitable fasteners, so that the pouchis kept normally closed by the opposite pressure exerted by the spring.By this construction the lower or body portion of the pouch below theportion (t of the spring is free to be wrapped or turned over and aroundthe portion of the pouch containing the spring. Thus the pouch, whenpartly empty, can be more conveniently carried in the pocket, as will beapparent.

To prevent the spring from lying across the opening at the mouth, andthus when the bag is open obstructing the passage to the contents of thebag, I give to the portion a of the spring a lateral bend or turn (1(shown in the plan of Fig. 2) when the spring is of round wire, or whenof flat wire, as in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. In this latter case the central.portion a of the spring, which extends approximately parallel with theupper edges of the bag, is bent to lie in a plane approximately parallelor parallel with the sides of the bag, the opposite ends of said spring,which extend upward toward the mouth of the bag, lying in a plane atright angles to said sides, as shown in Fig. 5. By this construction,when the ends of the spring are pressed toward one another in openingthe pouch, the portion a will bend in the direction of least resistanceor toward the sides of the bag, and not to any material degree downwardor toward the bottom of the bag against the contents thereof.

I prefer to have the angles a 0 between the parts a a of the springgreater than a right angle, thus allowing at the ends some move ment ina vertical plane as well as horizontally, conducing to ease of action.The body of the pouch may be of cloth, leather, or other suitablematerial.

I disclaim, generically, a self-closing bag or pouch having a flexiblemouth, a spring arranged near said'mouth and adapted to move in ahorizontal plane when the ends of said month are pressed, said springhaving arms at the ends thereof and extending up and engaging with theends of the mouth of the bag to keep said mouth stretched longitudinallywhen in its normal position, and clips for securing the ends of the bag.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. The improved tobacco-pouch herein described,combiningtherein abag-body, a spring having a central portion lyingwithin the bag and extending straight across the mouth parallcl with theedges 1), a little away from said edges, the bulk of the body portion ofthe bag being free from said spring", the said spring being bent nearits opposite extremities, forming extensions ct a',whieh engage the endsb b of the bag, and clips fastening the said extensions to the saidends, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination With a bag-body, of a spring having its ends benttoward the mouth of the bag, and having additional bends or turns atsuitable points in its length to secure a lateral movement of thecentral part of the spring" when the extremities thereof are pressedtoward one another, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I5 have hereunto set my handthis 9th day of January, 188.).

CHARLES L. NESLER.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE,

E. L. SHERMAN.

